Cross River (Lake Superior)

The Cross River is a 20.4-mile-long (32.8 km)[2] river in northern Minnesota, the United States. It is a direct tributary of Lake Superior.

Cross River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 â€¢ locationMinnesota[1]

Cross River was named for a wooden cross erected at the river's mouth by a priest.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River (Lake Superior)
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 7, 2012
  3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 142.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cross River



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